Aadi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-dee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Aadi is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “first; the beginning”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Aadi mean?
Sanskrit: from adi
“first; the beginning”
From Sanskrit adi, 'first, beginning', the same element found in Adinath, a title of the first Jain tirthankara.
Is Aadi a girl's or a boy's name?
Aadi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aadi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Aadi, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aadi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were given Aadi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,165, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Aadi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,180 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
How popular is Aadi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,088th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Aadi, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer boys named Aadi than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Aadi in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 boys in the US were given Aadi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,819, up from #3,088 for this spelling alone.
Aadi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 55 | #2,438 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 70 | #1,963 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 54 | #2,353 |
| 2009 | 76 | #1,888 |
| 2008 | 76 | #1,899 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,942 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
Names like Aadi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Abdullah, Ahmed, Ayaan, Arham, Zayan, Hamza, Amir, Zayaan, Zayd, Azaan
Other spellings of Aadi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aadi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aadi, updated 20 October 2026.